VP of Engineering / CTO

About the company:

• Product - b2c gaming marketplace
• Y Combinator Startup, HQ in San Francisco, offices in Moscow and Singapore
• 100+ employees. Founders from Russia

Technology stack: 

• Linux, Mysql, redis, rabbit MQ, mercure SSE 
• Programming Languages: php, react, js 
• CI/CD: Quber + Gitlab pipelines 
• Logs: Grafana + Prometheus, Newrelic. 
• Servers at Amazon Cloud

Team:

• 1 product team (20 employees) for 3 products
• We are planning to split this team to 2 different teams
• Growth plan: minimum x2 during 2022

Position level: CEO-1

Responsibilities:

• Ensure sustainability and reliability of LegionFarm Platform
• Manage performance and resources of Engineering team to meet the needs of the business
• Interface and communicate with stakeholders to understand their requirements and propose design alternatives
• Create and implement best practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to increase the speed of development and improve product quality
• Evaluate the challenges faced by the business and take action to mitigate technical risks
• Hire, grow and retain talent. The plan is to grow the team 12 → 40 FTE in the next year
• Ensure strong communication between teams to facilitate the exchange of information
• Help engineers progress in their careers and strengthen their skills
• Provide status updates on the team’s tasks and ensure on-time completion. Evaluate missed targets and identify and address root causes such as training requirements, process, and methodology improvements

Requirements:

• Experience of setting up the Engineering function within the global platform in growing product/SAAS companies
• Strong management skills, ability to select, hire and retain talent. Provide leadership and mentorship to team members. Track record of developing high performing teams >20 people
• Good understanding of real-time systems, microservices architecture, and cloud-based computing
• Outstanding full-stack technology expertise. Knowledge of different programming languages (PHP and React.js are preferable) at an operational level.
• Experience of managing team members distantly
• Interested in gaming and cybersports fields; active gamer (preferable)
• English - B1+

We offer:

• The compensation package is not strictly limited. We are ready to discuss your expectations.
• Stock options
• Remote or office in Moscow and Novosibirsk
• Compensation package: (Medical insurance, life insurance, compensation of learning, taxi to the office, etc.)